Enhancing Reading Comprehension through Translanguaging Strategy

In the reading process, reading comprehension is an essential part. This concept is in line with the Minister of Education and Culture Regulation number 23 in 2015, about the literacy movements to build a good character. However, students sometimes could not achieve it because the student cannot comprehend the reading material well. Besides, most students seem complicated to understand an English text and lazy to find the appropriate strategy to elaborate on their reading comprehension in rural living areas. Those become some researchers' concerns to conduct this research when doing observations at SMP Negeri 4 Maiwa in Enrekang Regency South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The students showed feeble and problematic reading comprehension. Then, taking the benefit of the tongue's benefits, adapted the translanguaging strategy as problem-solving for students' lack of reading comprehension. The object of this study is whether or not the translanguaging strategy can enhance student reading comprehension of eight-grade students SMP Negeri 4 Maiwa. The researchers applied the quasi-experimental method, with two groups pre-test and post-test design. The samples of the research consisted of 35 students from two classes. The result of the data analysis showed that the students' reading comprehension improved significantly. It indicated that the translanguaging strategy could enhance the reading comprehension of the students at that school. The students who learned reading through the translanguaging strategy had better improvement than the students who learned through the translation strategy